494 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Bushire. 



recorded by Mr. Blanford, but Hypocolius ampelinus and 

 Emberiza cinerea are not mentioned by him. The list of the 

 specimens should be compared with that of Mr. Cumming's 

 collection. 



1. Circus macrurus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 i. p. 67; Blanf. East. Persia_, ii. p. 110. 



Two specimens. Bushire, April 1885. One is a male in 

 full plumage. 



2. Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. i, p. 425. 

 Tinnunculus alaudarius, Blanf, t. c. p. 105. 



Bushire, March 1885. An interesting specimen, in full 

 change to the adult plumage of the male. 



3. Scops giu. Scop.; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 47; Blanf. t. c. 

 p. 115. 



Three specimens. Bushire, March 1885. One female 

 was shot among some broken cliffs on the seashore. 



4. Oriolus galbula, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 219. 



Male and female. Bushire, April 1885. Shot in row of 

 date-trees. 



5. Hypocolius ampelinus, Bj). ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. 

 p. 316. 



Male. Bushire, April 20, 1885. 



This species was not met with by Mr. Blanford during 

 his travels in Persia. 



6. MuscicAPA grisola, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 143. 



An adult male, Bushire, April 12, 1885. Shot in open 

 field. 



7. MusciCAPA atricapilla, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p, 143. 



An adult male. Bushire, April 1885. Shot in a garden. 



8. Pratincola hemprichi (Ehr.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 145. 



a, b. ^ ^ ad. Bushire, March 7, 1885. Shot near old 

 wall on castor-oil tree. 



c. ^ ad. Bushire, March 28, 1885. Shot on grape-vine. 



